Gangland (album)

2001 studio album by Kool & the Gang

Gangland

Studio album by

Kool & the Gang

Released| August 28, 2001
Recorded| July 2000–May 2001
Genre| Funk/R&B
Length| 59:41
Label| Eagle Music Group
Kool & the Gang chronology
| State of Affairs
(1996)  | Gangland
(2001)  | The Hits Reloaded
(2004)

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Gangland is the twenty-first studio album by the band Kool & the Gang, released in 2001 following a five-year gap between albums. The album was a compilation of rappers backed by Kool and the Gang remaking some of the band's songs.

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
USA Today| [1]

With a 2.5 out of 4 star rating, Steve Jones of USA Today wrote "Years before Kool rode vocalist James 'J.T.' Taylor's voice to pop success with songs such as Celebration, Cherish and Fresh, they were Hollywood-swinging with such street-oriented anthems as Jungle Boogie and Let the Music Take Your Mind. It's a freshened-up version of the latter funk-fueled jams that propel this new, hard-grooving set. The fusion of rap, jazz and R&B finds the band -- led by founding brothers Robert "Kool" Bell on bass and saxophonist Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell) \-- joining an engaging pool of young talents."[1]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Bigg Thangs"| Bayyan| 4:09
2.| "Mo Bigg Thangs"| Bayyan| 3:55
3.| "Blow Up"| Smith| 3:32
4.| "Where da Boogie At?"| Kool & the Gang| 3:38
5.| "Turn It Out"| Bayyan, Bell| 3:33
6.| "Jungle in My House"| Bayyan, Brown, JAM Bell, Kool & the Gang| 4:35
7.| "Money Makes the World Go Round"| Bell, Griffin, Irving, Moore, Rhodes| 3:53
8.| "Ballin' in Chilltown"| Bell, Brown, Irving| 4:24
9.| "That's Right"| Bell, Griffin, Irving| 3:58
10.| "All My Time"| Bell, Brown, Hill, Irving, Moore, Young| 5:19
11.| "Early in the Morning"| Simmons, Taylor, Wilson| 3:20
12.| "Cherish"| Bell, Kool & the Gang, Taylor| 4:47
13.| "Hit Me on the Hip"| English, Furusawa, Goddard, Ladawn, Peterson, SX4| 3:49
14.| "Goody Goody"| Andrews, Cardwell, Peoples, Smith, Williams| 3:23
15.| "Concrete Jungle"| G'Poetic, Bayyan, Kool & the Gang| 4:28
16.| "Funk Done Gone Hip Hop"| Rivers, Scott, Shider, Shider, Thomas| 4:14
17.| "Jazziacs at the Kool Jazz Café"| Bell, Kool & The Gang| 6:13

## Personnel

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* Robert "Kool" Bell \- Bass guitar
* Khalis Bayyan \- Tenor sax, background vocals
* Curtis Williams - Keyboards
* George "Funky" Brown - Drums, background vocals
* Dennis "D.T." Thomas - Alto Sax, background vocals
* Charles Edward Smith - Guitar
* Rick Iantosca - Guitar, keyboards
* Jimmy Macon - Guitar
* Clifford Adams - Trombone
* Larry Gittens - Trumpet
* Skip Martin - Trumpet

* Devon - Performer
* G'Poetic - Performer
* Female - Performer
* FM - Performer
* The Juice - Performer
* The Nep-Tunes - Performer
* Nova Banda - Performer
* R.O.C. - Performer
* Rachid - Performer
* Reign - Performer
* Thunder - Performer
* Shawn McQuiller - Background vocals
* Felicia Moss - Background vocals
* Carla - Background vocals
* Kian Smith - Background vocals

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Production

* Don Tittle - Engineer
* Kendal Stubbs - Mixing
* Duncan Stanbury - Mastering
* Khalis Bayyan - Mixing, Producer
* Bill Irving - Programming, Mixing, Producer
* Hakim Bell - Programming, Mixing, Producer
* George "Funky" Brown - Programming, Producer
* Rick Iantosca - Producer
* Kool & the Gang - Executive Producer
* Ronnie Wright - Photography

## References

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1. ^ a b Jones, Steve (September 4, 2001). "Brutality hangs Slipknot; Ketchum gets rocking". p. D10. ProQuest 408904575. Retrieved August 1, 2023.

* "Kool & the Gang: Gangland at AllMusic

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Kool & the Gang

* Robert "Kool" Bell
* Ronald Bell
* George Brown
* Robert Mickens
* Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas

* Clifford Adams
* Sennie "Skip" Martin
* Shawn McQuiller
* Rodney Ellis
* Jirmad Gordon

* James "J.T." Taylor
* Claydes Charles Smith
* Rick Westfield

Studio albums|

* Kool and the Gang
* Music Is the Message
* Good Times
* Wild and Peaceful
* Light of Worlds
* Spirit of the Boogie
* Love & Understanding
* Open Sesame
* The Force
* Everybody's Dancin'
* Ladies' Night
* Celebrate!
* Something Special
* As One
* In the Heart
* Emergency
* Forever
* Sweat
* Unite
* State of Affairs
* Gangland
* The Hits: Reloaded
* Still Kool
* Kool for the Holidays
* Perfect Union
* People Just Wanna Have Fun

Live albums|

* Live at the Sex Machine
* Live at PJ's

Compilations|

* Kool Jazz
* Twice as Kool: The Hits of Kool & the Gang

Singles|

* "Let the Music Take Your Mind"
* "Funky Man"
* "Funky Stuff"
* "Jungle Boogie"
* "Hollywood Swinging"
* "Summer Madness"
* "Caribbean Festival"
* "Higher Plane"
* "Spirit of the Boogie"
* "Open Sesame"
* "Ladies' Night"
* "Too Hot"
* "Celebration"
* "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)"
* "Steppin' Out"
* "Get Down on It"
* "Big Fun"
* "Joanna"
* "Misled"
* "Fresh"
* "Cherish"
* "Stone Love"
* "Rags to Riches"
* "Raindrops"
* "In the Hood"
* "No Show"

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